Google's Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and the people in them for the search giant's Maps service, have come under fire from privacy campaigners. The spycar has been spotted in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff. A Reg reader was kind enough to send us a snap of the snapper-car in London. The pictures the car takes subsequently get loaded into Google Maps.Privacy International has complained to the Information Commissioner's Office. A spokeswoman for the ICO told the Reg: "Yes, we have received a complaint about this and we are looking into it. We are contacting Google to get more details of the scheme."
















edit: same stry but just reworded http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/street_view_spycar/
umm how??
umm how??
+1
How exactly can you case a house for theft from a photo? A photo that could have been taken at anytime
Arsed?
ha, at least it's not microsoft. too connected.
Why cure world hunger or cancer when you can troll Neowin?!
Yes, it's a big corporation, and yes it indexes an neigh-unimaginable amount of data, and yes it's got cars running around snapping photos of things. That doesn't mean that the sky is falling and that you're Chicken Little. Get a grip.
all in favor say 'yay!'
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